Hamburger Valley, California

Canadian poetry, well done, with everything, to go.

Hamburger Valley, California is David McGimpsey s funniest and most compelling collection to date.

With his unapologetic love of popular culture, he presents an elaborate lyric postcard, which explores, from a most unprivileged seat on the cheapest bus, love and (somebody else s) fame.

McGimpsey challenges the bonds of place in a global (American) economy with personal warmth and characteristic wisecracking daring to dream of escape not only to an impossibly meaty Southern California, but to the